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The Life of P.T. Barnum

Fill in these answers about the life and times of P.T. Barnum.
Note: exhibits in red were hoaxes
*some quotes apocryphal
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State where Barnum was born and lived
Connecticut
His two most famous ventures
Barnum's American Museum
Barnum & Bailey's Circus
E
Joice Heth, a 161-year-old slave who nursed this president
George Washington
X
His brain was impaled on a railroad spike... but he survived!
Phineas Gage
H
A mermaid from this Pacific island country
Fiji
I
Myrtle Corbin, who had four of these body parts
Legs
B
Mythical creature whose fossilized remains were found in New York
Cardiff Giant
I
Chang and Eng Bunker, who were this kind of twins
Conjoined
T
"General" who measured in at three feet four inches
Tom Thumb
S
The world's largest elephant?
Jumbo
From 1875 to 1876, he served as mayor of this city
Bridgeport
Oriental-style mansion he owned in that city (hint: a country)
Iranistan
He often wrote books debunking other people's hoaxes, which he referred to by this name
Humbugs
Prestigious Massachusetts university he helped to found
Tufts University
2017 musical film, starring Hugh Jackman, based on Barnum's life
The Greatest Showman
 
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